calling to all pc growers

hey everyone out there thats a pc grower wats the minimal amout of watts u guys run iam in the process of bulding my first pc cab grow and as of right now the bulbs i have on hand will only fit one direction front to back not side to side but there tru 54 watt cfl i think 200 watt replacements and of the right k so is 108 wats enough for a small cab grow ill have pics up later today

108 watts should be fine but keep plants as close as possible to the lights and depending on the size of the case and number of plants.(2 max i.m.o)
you will need a couple 2700k bulbs for flowering and 6500k for veg.

the more light you can squeeze into that small space without getting heating problems, the better !

alright guys well so far this is wat i got wat do u guys think the temps stay at a steady 75 to 78 degrees never above or below and also wat do u guys thinks going on with my babys there starting too look yellowish u can c wat iam talkin about in the pics i was working on a larger baby and two stocks broke so i cut them and tossed them into the dirt this is the 4th day in the dirt for them and there just now starting to yellow anything i can do to help them

I cant help ya much with my experience but It seems like that CFL is far away. And u have like 3tbsp of soil in there.

there actually about 2/5ths full 4 fingers if u hold cup at bottom and the cfls are 5 inches from top of plant

Cups should be close to full, consider getting a bigger pot for them anyways.

I don't see an exhaust fan near the top of the case to pull hot air out. Hot air rises and if your fans are at the bottom they are just pulling cooler air out...

Try to spray paint the inside white to better reflect the lights. Maybe even mylar or panda film? Some sort of reflector for those CFLS would do fine too.

Austin420 said:

Cups should be close to full, consider getting a bigger pot for them anyways.

I don't see an exhaust fan near the top of the case to pull hot air out. Hot air rises and if your fans are at the bottom they are just pulling cooler air out...

Try to spray paint the inside white to better reflect the lights. Maybe even mylar or panda film? Some sort of reflector for those CFLS would do fine too.

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they werent full bcuz i was using plastic wrap as a humidity dome to help them but now its off and kk

I mean look at it the leaves are scrunched up against the sides they are obviously are their way out. If you want my opinion I'd say start over again while you are early in the game. I've heard too much stress early in a plant's life leads to a higher tendency of being a male. Even if that's not the case this grow would need to involve you repotting already...

i plann on repotting after roots were growing not surre if they are yet tho

Well yellowing of the last set of leaves is normal when replanting cuttings. They look a little droopy probably because you watered them right before you took the pictures? I say give it time since they are cuttings.

well thats good too know never read anything about bottom set of leaves yellowing wen taking cuttings and yes was just watered befor technically

i go with starting over in the end it does look stressed and u need more drainage probly too

It's been a couple of years ago, but I had (3) 13 watt soft white and (2) 15 watt daylight cfl's in the 1st case I built and it did fine. I started with a 12/12 light cycle for about 2 weeks then cut my lights back to a 10/14 cycle. It was very educational for me, I tried my luck at cloning. I wasn't very successful with a 40% survival rate but for 9 months I had a good perpetual grow.

not true at all mine has been through alot early and near flowering and she showed pistols lastnight my main stem broke in half and everything leafs burned by cfl's

4 26w GE ( 3- 2700k, 1- 6500k ) CFL's smoke was really excellent (BC SeedKing- Purps), but not as many trichs as ones under the "real" lights.

thanks for all the tips and knowledge being spread around here greatly appreciate it

Replant those ladies ASAP!!! I mean right now, get off ur computer and go!! Jk lol but noreally